--- product_id: 8964851 title: "Lifetime: The Collection" brand: "tony williams" price: "SAR 221" currency: SAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/8964851-lifetime-the-collection store_origin: SA region: Saudi Arabia --- # Lifetime: The Collection **Brand:** tony williams **Price:** SAR 221 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Lifetime: The Collection by tony williams - **How much does it cost?** SAR 221 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.sa](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/8964851-lifetime-the-collection) ## Best For - tony williams enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted tony williams brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description CD ## Images ![Lifetime: The Collection - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81NkXxDsucL.jpg) ![Lifetime: The Collection - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71GzmRr230L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Must have jazz-rock fusion classic!! *by J***0 on Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2022* Had to replace my Lifetime records from the mid-seventies. For those who don't know? this band was the American debut of late guitar genius Allan Holdsworth. This was 2nd incarnation of Tony's Lifetime band. First had John Mclaughlin on guitar and Larry Young on Organ, later Jack Bruce of Cream joined for an album. My favorite drummer of all-time, had the privilege of seeing many times. before his untimely passing. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Their Giving 'Em Away *by H***D on Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2012* The first six cuts of this collection are from the album "Believe It" a jazz fusion classic. Tony Williams was a jazz vet having played drums with the Miles Davis Band since he was 17. Tony Newton has played bass for John Lee Hooker, T Bone Walker, and on many many Motown hits. He has a "Hit" making funky way of playing and it moves the music along nicely. Alan Pasqua was a keyboard player with the Progressive rock group "Giant" and Allan Holdsworth the virtuoso guitar player also came from Progressive rock having played with "Soft Machine." Thus the fusion of jazz and progressive rock. A good mix if you ask me.The band is unique in that the jazz is drum and guitar based, as they are the two featured instruments on every song especially the ones from "Believe It." Holdsworth is just unreal and he and Tony are just two of the best soloist in the world of music. On the song "Mr. Spock" written by Holdsworth you can hear the future with the drums and guitar dominating the song. These two are so good they dwarf the other two musicians, even though they do add to the overall sound. It's just so hard to be heard with Tony and Alan playing. You listen and go "Wow" a lot.Cuts 7-13 are from the more commercial album "Million Dollar Legs" which has some record company endorsed "pop" but before its over; Allan and Tony take over. The sound is more funky with some horns added, but try as they might they just couldn't harness the power of this band. With only one bad song "You Did It To Me Baby," which is real bad, "Million Dollar Legs" stands up real well to "Believe It," with the cuts "What You Do To Me" and "Inspirations of Love" being the two best cuts on the CD. I suggest skipping cut 8, you will thank me for it. I'm doing it now: what a bad tune.If you dig great guitar and even greater drumming then you will like Tony Williams Lifetime featuring Alan Holdsworth. I think its the best work either of them have done and should be in any jazz or progressive rock lovers collection. 5 stars and at these prices: "Their Giving 'Em Away." ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An overlooked fusion masterpiece *by D***P on Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2003* Tony was a masterful musician. He came from straight and post-bop jazz with Miles Davis, where he had already made a huge impact, and he entered the new fusion arena, full throttle. His first Lifetime band was ahead of its time, too hard for jazz fans and too abstract (maybe even too loud) for most rock fans. I don't know what he did in the early 70's, the hey-day for John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. But in the mid 70's he released two excellent fusion albums with his "later" Lifetime, and again, he pushed the genre further than it was before. The first one, "Believe It," came on the tail of successful defining work from the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever, and for the most part Tony's band steered things back to a looser, jamming type of sound, but with such fire and excitement, you knew it was fusion. Fred, Snake Oil, Red Alert, and Mr. Spock are hard charging pieces that feature utterly tremendous playing from both Tony and Alan Holdsworth.I, like a lot of people, didn't pay enough attention to this Lifetime cause I was so saturated with the other two bands, and with Weather Report. But in recent years I've thought about Tony, also after seeing him in concert with his mainstream band, and remembered what a talent he was, God rest his soul. On both albums, Tony, who was more of a bandleader than a composer, holds his own and shows he has learned something about writing the fusion ballad from the other leaders. The second album was also very good, though it has taken some unfair flak because it has one truly bad song, You Did It To Me Baby. Ignore that, hit the skip button, the rest of it is good and some of it is great, especially the opening Sweet Revenge and the closing suite, Inspirations of Love. Also, the liner notes on this Collection are worth reading. 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